Assistant Coordinating Manager

About NYC Health + Hospitals

Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC) is the major tertiary care provider in the borough of Queens. The hospital is comprised of 545 beds and is a Level I Trauma Center, an Emergency Heart Care Station and a 911 Receiving Hospital. It is the premiere health care organization for key areas such as Surgery, Cardiology, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal and Mental Health Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Work Shifts

8:00 A.M – 4:00 P.M, with rotating weekends and holiday (35 hours)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Counsels patients and their families on health maintenance, disease prevention, and health promotion.
• Assists in planning for the service/program through consultation with management and professional staff and other associated health care fields in order to coordinate joint patient and management objectives.
• Serves as liaison between department administrative, technical and professional divisions and Central Office management.
• Aids in budgetary planning, reviews operating costs, performs cost studies and prepares department budgets.
• Aids in planning, development and may conduct training programs to maintain proficiency of personnel and for use of new equipment and implementation of methods and procedures.
• Evaluates office production, revises procedures or devises new forms or methods to improve efficiency of work flow.
• Reviews official directives and correspondence to ascertain such data as changes prescribed in Corporate, facility or department programs, policies, procedures and new assignments or responsibilities delegated to office.
• Establishes uniform correspondence procedures and style practices.
• Formulates procedures for systematic retention, protection, retrieval, transfer and disposal of records.
• May provide for administrative supervision for a program of comprehensive health service of professional and non professional staff and related health care personnel.
• Is responsible for employee supervision, performance and employee development of assigned personnel in areas of responsibility and accountability.
• Supervises the office administration and office record keeping activities of the department.
• Assigns and schedules staff on basis of workload, space and equipment.
• Reviews, prepares and rewrites operational manuals and procedures.
• May represent the departmental administrator in external contracts with community organizations and agencies as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Community Health, Psychology or related discipline with one year of full-time experience in a supervisory or administrative capacity in business management systems, general administration, health care and medical/patient systems administration;
• A satisfactory combination of education, training and experience.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retail Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program
• Union Benefits for eligible titles
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs

How To Apply

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